Karl U. Smith

Karl Ulrich Smith ( born May 1, 1907 in Zanesville, Ohio, † June 22, 1994 in Lake Wales, Florida) was an American physiologist, psychologist and behavior cybernetician.

Smith dealt among other things with the interaction of people and technology and was instrumental in the emergence of the research field of Human Factors, which is concerned with the safe and humane or healthy design of products, work equipment and work systems.

Works

• Karl Smith U; William M Smith: The behavior of man; introduction to psychology. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1958.
• Karl Smith U: Delayed sensory feedback and behavior. Philadelphia; London: W. B. Saunders Co., 1962.
• Karl Smith U; William Milton Smith: Perception and motion: an analysis of space- structured behavior. Philadelphia: Saunders, 1962.
• Karl Smith U; Margaret Foltz Smith: Cybernetic principles of learning and educational design. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1966.
• Karl Smith U; Margaret Foltz Smith: Psychology; an introduction to behavior science. Boston: Little, Brown, 1973.